The Birthday of the Infanta: Quotes

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• "He himself was the monster, and it was at him that all the children had been laughing"

  The narrator · Read in context

• "Indeed he is almost as good as the puppets, only of course not quite so natural."

  The Infanta · Read in context

• "It is a pity, for he is so ugly that he might have made the King smile."

  The Chamberlain · Read in context

• "Because his heart is broken"

  The Chamberlain · Read in context

• "the King of Spain was already wedded to Sorrow, and that though she was but a barren bride he loved her better than Beauty"

  The narrator · Read in context